ADSO Search Ops Team Lead

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About
Building a world where people can safely discover, create and connect. The Trust & Safety (T&S) team at TikTok helps ensure that our global online community is safe and empowered to create and enjoy content across all of our applications. We have invested heavily in human and machine-based moderation to remove harmful content quickly and often before it reaches our general community.

About the team
The Search Operations team aims to improve search user experience, contribute significant DAU impact to the products and drive for increase in traffic and GMV.

Our frontline teams interact with images, video, text related to every-day life, but it can also include (but is not limited to) bullying; hate speech; child safety; depictions of harm to self and others, and harm to animals.

What I will be doing:

• Leading, managing, recruiting & developing the local search operation team, helping them to achieve their full potential and maintain high standards & quality of work
• Being responsible for ensuring that all services are delivered within the framework of TikTok's core values and in line with existing policies & procedures
• Being responsible for leading the team to perform policy, process & strategies localization, BPO quality management, Quality assurance, RCA, data analysis & deep dives, making reports & policy recommendations and strengthening the team's understanding of Search Ops policies.
• Continuously evaluate outcomes, manage performance, establish and optimize the workflow and SOPs, report, analyse, and optimize quality process to ensure productivity, quality, effect and efficiency goals can be met.
• Being responsible for cooperating with cross-functional teams such as product, research & development teams to optimize search strategies and improve users' search experience.
• Being responsible for landing new projects and providing high quality training to BPO site.
• Actively promoting and supporting inclusion, ensuring that individuals are supported to participate in community and work opportunities according to their interests and goals.
• Creating an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture, utilising clear goals and objective setting to help the team succeed.
• Additional compatible and related responsibilities which are not necessarily listed above.
• Willing to work with sensitive issues that include child exploitation, a variety of religious and political views, violence, adult & sexual content

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education/experience, advanced degree is preferred

• 3+ years' experience working on quality management in a major tech or media company, experience in Search operation is a plus

• Recent and minimum 2 years experience as Team Lead/Content Manager/ Technical Lead [Strong people management skills and currently managing large multicultural teams with diverse skills.]

• General knowledge about Search Engineering/Search engines and Search related strategies.

• Outstanding natural communicator (verbal/written) with excellent language and communication skills at full proficiency level in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of online safety, privacy, and expression issues
• Strong attention to details and ability to work independently
• Possesses good interpersonal skills, demonstrate good judgment, training and coaching skills
• Proven track record of working with cross-functional partners, across different countries, ideally have experience with different markets/region
• Your ability to work in a high tempo environment, adapt, respond to day-to-day challenges of the role.
• Your resilience and commitment to self-care to manage the emotional demands of the role.

Trust & Safety recognises that keeping our platform safe for TikTok communities is no ordinary job which can be both rewarding and psychologically demanding and emotionally taxing for some. This is why we are sharing the potential hazards, risks and implications in this unique line of work from the start, so our candidates are well informed before joining.We are committed to the wellbeing of all our employees and promise to provide comprehensive and evidence-based programs, to promote and support physical and mental wellbeing throughout each employee's journey with us. We believe that wellbeing is a relationship and that everyone has a part to play, so we work in collaboration and consultation with our employees and across our functions in order to ensure a truly person-centred, innovative and integrated approach.

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

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